"I walked down into a team meeting and asked, 'Has anybody ever heard of a group called Macklemore?' Two guys raised their hands. Nobody knew him in our little world. And 15 months later, here he is."

The relationship between the 30-year-old rapper and the 62-year-old coach goes back a while, and it's likely to make you feel all sorts of things, none of which will be an increased urge to root for the Seahawks. It all began last fall when Carroll heard a song on the radio, loved, it, and asked his poor assistant to "research" the artist. It turned out to be Macklemore, and when Carroll learned he was a Seattle native, the brohugfest was on.

Carroll bought an album and spent much of last season playing it on an endless loop in his Seahawks office. Typically, the coach has his sound system cranked so loud his secretary has to turn it down when he steps out of his corner office.

Picture "Thrift Shop," on repeat, blaring through the Seahawks facility at all times. Goddamnit, Pete Carroll.